I hope he does after all that bad luck that was chasing him and breaking his car...He deserves his victory this season.
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I hope he does after all that bad luck that was chasing him and breaking his car...He deserves his victory this season.
Ow, imagine the irony overload if he'd sustained a Kubica-style injury :sQuote:
Originally Posted by CNR
Given what I see as Kimi's character , and the issue with Kubica's injuries being fresh in memory , I would imagine that a clause allowing him do with his off time as he wishes being one of the first things that he would insist upon in a driving contract .
I see Kimi as more a guy who would want to be thinking about how he was going to get past the rider ahead in that snowmobile race than whether he could race it or not , according to the team .
By the way , who won the race , and did Kimi's accident occur as he tried to pass for the lead ?
And , whose first-born did they have to promise him , to get him to join , or does he own the team now ?
It was widely reported that his talks with Williams fell through partly because he had two partners who wanted to buy into the team. I suspect his deal with Renault is similar in structure and involves a partial buyout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
They do also have lives and hobbies besides F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by CNR
They do and it's a tricky thing. Teams invest multi-millions in these guys and need to protect that somehow. Let's think about the most recent mishaps outside of F1 racing. (Montoya tennis injury :rolleyes: , Webber bike/leg, Kubica, now Raikkonen). These injuries at times make a difference whether a team/ driver can seriously compete/ win a championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by 555-04Q2
I bet Lotus are kicking themselves for letting Kubica rally. How would they have ended 2011? A few ranks up the constructors list is worth millions.
I bet they were nervous as hell right after Kimi's fall.
Button was never liked by Briatore during that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Trulli pressed the self-destruct button at the 2004 French GP and ended up getting sacked.
From a team's point of view, they should not allow their drivers to risk their health in the off-season (or on-season for that matter). It's a risk that could ruin the whole plan of action for the team and that of the driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfzmeister
However, it's not fair to see drivers as commodities. In my opinion, the drivers should be given a free leash to use their spare time as they wish. They work hard during the year - it's only fair that they get to use their social life as they wish. If they themselves don't wish to risk their health by competing in order sporting events, then so be it. But I don't think I could sign a contract forbidding me to use my relaxation time as I like. Bearing in mind, of course, that I've never been in that exact scenario but I was told this at work once:
I had an injury to my arm which meant I had to take a few weeks off work. As the arm was recovering, I went out and played two gigs back-to-back. Unfortunately, this was too much for the arm to take in the recovery process, it seized up that night (a Sunday night before work on a Monday morning) and I had to call off work the following morning. When I went in on Tuesday my boss said "Well, Paddy, you'll have to quit playing gigs at the weekend." I told him to shove it (not literally obviously but he got the idea). There was no way I was going to let me day job stand in the way of my side passion and something that is closer to me than anything else I do.
On the other hand allowing drivers do something that is more dangerous than badminton can create a more attractive image for sponsors. Unless your main sponsor is a insurance company. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
And you did not get fired at the spot? If my employee had behaved like that, I would have fired him right there and then and thrown him out.Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy